#E8545D#E8545D

#E8545D is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.243; OKLCH L 64.6% C 0.183 H 20.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E8545D
RGB	rgb(232, 84, 93)
HSL	hsl(356, 76%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(356, 64%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 63.8%, 59.9%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.38, 57.74, 26.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.38, 63.43, 24.46°)
OKLab	oklab(64.63% 0.1715 0.0637)
OKLCH	oklch(64.63% 0.183 20.4)
XYZ	xyz(38.4285, 24.2920, 13.0190)
Luminance	0.2429 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E8545D #54E8DF

analogous

#E854A7 #E8545D #E89554

triadic

#E8545D #5DE854 #545DE8

tetradic

#E8545D #A7E854 #54E8DF #9554E8

square

#E8545D #A7E854 #54E8DF #9554E8

split-complementary

#E8545D #54E895 #54A7E8

monochromatic

#AB1720 #E11E2A #E8545D #EF8A90 #F7C0C3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.59

#E8545D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.86

#E8545D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #E8545D

5.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E8545D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E8545D	1.00	3.59	5.86	5.86
#FFFFFF	3.59	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.86	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.86	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7A735C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9F9359

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FE3558

Achromatopsia (no color)

#878787

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e8545d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(232, 84, 93);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.6% 0.183 20.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f68b8a',
    500: '#e8545d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e8545d;
$custom-light: #f68b8a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e8545d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 232,
    "g": 84,
    "b": 93
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 356.351,
    "s": 76.289,
    "l": 61.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64628,
    "c": 0.18294,
    "h": 20.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.24287
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E8545D

secondary

#B1E7E4

accent

#D8CC0D

background

#FFF8F8

surface

#FFF0F0

border

#D7CBCB

text

#180C0B

muted

#867D7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #E8545D

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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